Thomas Brock

I'm car-free, so I'll definitely be riding during the winter months.

Ok. I'll see what kind of vests I can find at the local big-box sports stores ('cuz, again, that's all we got).

I'm toying with ordering the Cat 6 jersey from TwinSix, especially since they're having a sale and jersey's are $45. I know it won't help much with weather now, but it may be good for spring-time riding.

Ka_Jun

Dood...effin' cold, fought a headwind all the way in. Hope it doesn't rain, too...cold rain sucks bad.

Pig_Chaser

lol, that's the kind i prefer then i can don the full rain kit and actually arrive dry (no sweat).

RB1-luvr

i find that a fleece under a wind breaker is too much in all but the coldest conditions (too cold to ride), but you may be different. I prefer light, medium or heavy polyester thermals under a wind breaker. Thinner, more breathable, more wicking.

jcolletteiii

22 miles with a nearly stead 12-ish mph headwind and overcast skies. Still enjoyable though - the leaves are beginning to color up nicely here in W. Mass.

Tobias Greenich

Cooled down, it was only around 80 outside this morning. Light headwind, just enough to give a good workout. Didn't even seen the bus once, was too far ahead of it. I did drop my bike coming out of QT, I didn't wipe out myself (Graceful hopping skills for the win), but the stem twisted a bit. Fixed it when I got to work.

HardyWeinberg

Rainy! 50sF. Went the shorts/t-shirt route. My arms and legs at least were dryer than people decked out head-to-toe in raingear.

7 yr old was happy as long as he could pop his plastic bag over his seat when he hopped off the bike at the school rack.

caloso

Cancelled my pre-work training ride with my buddy in order to ride the kids into pre-school. I think this is what they mean by Quality Time.

kgriffioen

Last commute of the week. I need to take the car tomorrow for a host of reasons. Like a lot of posters it was the coldest morning of the season. 42, cloudy and some wind and maybe some drizzle for the ride home. Any way I broke down and wore a hat under the lid and I had some gloves on (I think they belonged to my wife), but stayed with shorts and a couple of long sleeve shirts. I'm sure that I had quite the dork factor working for me this morning but I did manage to stay comfortable. Not many other people out this morning either. Whimps!!

Doohickie

This morning's commute was quite pleasant. Temps are still in the 60s or high 50s in the mornings so I'm still running in just a t-shirt and gym shorts. This morning I wouldn't have minded having long sleeves, but it still wasn't too bad.

It was kind of a special commute, as it was the inaugural running of "The Old Gentleman"- the Raleigh DL-1 Tourist 3-speed I picked up last week. A little cleaning off, a new shifter cable, and a pair of Wald rear wire baskets, and he was up to the task.

Climibing Hooters Hill this afternoon might be a pain with only 3 speeds though....

Nerdanel 

Nice hot commute late this morning. I'm inordinately proud of myself because I installed new pedals with power grips, new freddy fenders and a new rack yesterday. Way harder than I thought it would be including having to cobble something together to attach the front fender (why didn't I notice there were no eyelets?) and all the right sized screws rolling away under the furniture, but I got it done. Miraculously, nothing fell off this morning. Not only that, nothing rubbed or rattled! Yay me!

jpdesjar

wet in the morning and dry and sunny on the way home, love it

fatherofmany

HOT and windy this morning for me. Also recovering from a boout of sinusy flu so struggling to get enough air in. But it's good to be back on the bike.

GTALuigi

Morning ride was nice, almost froze my naked fingers, until i stopped by and swapped on my winter gloves.
(i knew it was a good idea to pack them in, just in case)

Night commute was...mostly okay, except for the Damn driver BEEPING for just being plain stupid.

Here's why.

It was 3 bikers, including me, in a one way street, so we were nearing the end of the street and preparing to stop.
So we all 3 pretty much took the entire street, it's not unusual in a red light.
And that's the key IT WAS A READ LIGHT; "can't you see?" that's what went through me head.
So since 2 of us were heading north, and the other guy to south, we split our own way and off we go.
By the time we started moving, the guy HONKED again, like WTF?
Oh the most funny thing, to Top it off, there was a Taxi stopped at the Red light, in front of all of us.
so after we left, the guy at most moved 10 inches and had to stop again, behind the Taxi.....


So drivers are just ridiculously stupid....

metalchef87

it was effin cold, like 44 degrees...went with shorts and a moisture wicking shirt under another tee...i was fine...but my hands hurt like hell

metalchef87

I need to get some base layers...like under armor cold gear...but i don't have money to waste...any reccomendations?

slloth

On the last couple minutes of my ride home "O Fortuna-Carmina Burana" came on my IPOD. It was bad ass! Talk about the perfect song for the home stretch. I felt like it was background music and I was in a movie or something. Me against nature, the road, the cars. cool.

Good commute. I'm ready to take on the rain tomorrow! My first wet commute.

buzzman

my commuting bike needs some TLC! my chainring is gummed up, chain worn way down and my derailleur jockey wheels are run down to nothing and don't really spin- and I need new brake blocks.

amazing how I just ride this thing into the ground and don't really notice. The miles do add up that's for sure. Hope to get to it this weekend. It'll sure feel good to ride it after it's tuned up.

Despite that the commute was great.

Posted a video of my bike path commute on youtube. Hope to do a similar video of my on streets commute.

noteon 

I felt the same way yesterday, only it was Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs covering SUPER FREAK.

slloth

I will have to download that!

SouthFLpix

I really pushed myself on a training session last night to the point that I left nothing in the tank. Therefore this morning I pretty much just coasted on cruise control. Weather was good and not too much traffic was out, so overall it was a positive experience.

jgrendel

That whole opera is kind of badass. Me and my pseudo-punk-rock friends used to listen to it in high school. Joined in the rotation by The Clash, Mephiskapheles, and Crass.

Ka_Jun

Overcast. Cold. Windy. Headwind. Drizzle. Sucked.

jpdesjar

brisk and sunny, stopped at my favorite bagel place on the way to work too and picked up a salt bagel with veggie tofu cream cheese...delicious and a great way to start the day and another bonus is that this morning my feet stayed dry

dalmore

In the afternoons, I have a left turn leading to a mild downhill with two left turn lanes. 8 times out of 10 I end up at the first person in the right most left turn lane waiting for the light to change green. Occassionally I get honked at by some one arriving behind me. But most often the cars will line up 12-15 deep in the other lane rather than pull up behind a biker!

Wednesday, a delivery van driver who is frequently at that light with me, was laughing at all the cars lined up behind him with none behind me. He said to me "They ain't seen you get off the line when this light changes or they'd be behind you, not me." So naturally, I found a few extra watts for Wednesday's green light. He was still laughing when he passed me on the uphill about 1/2 mile later.